Evaluation of current molecular approaches for genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni strains

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 375-385

  Ahmed, Monir U ^a   Dunn, Louise ^a   Ivanova, Elena P ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAA GENE; GENOTYPE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RIBOTYPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 84860598807     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2011.0988     Document Type: Review

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